Smart Meetings

MARCH 25, 2025

Attendees at Visit California Outlook Forum 2025 at JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. In addition to staffing the registration desk and delivering a warm first impression, students worked with Cvent software, managed lines, acted as human arrows doing wayfinding, worked in the green room with speakers and scanned badges.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 11, 2018

Turn your event attendees into event participants. The speaker drones on, reading from their notecards or plain white powerpoint slides. You can efficiently learn so much actually listening to the speaker. Even the most famous public speakers don’t just wing it. Speakers need to tailor the content to their audience.

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Endless Events

JULY 25, 2018

We all want to create an event that is full of uniquely engaging conference speakers, but how do we do that? Most events no longer want basic conference speakers. A speaker standing in front of the crowd talking at them with slides is no longer enough. Below you will learn: What makes for an engaging speaker.

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Endless Events

MARCH 22, 2018

That’s why we’ve put together this list of creative ways to connect your attendees. Use technology to better connect your attendees. From event apps to and matching software to wearable technology and private social media groups, there are a ton of different ways to use technology to enhance your events.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 16, 2019

We’re getting down and dirty with event social media today! As you already know, we live in a day and age where people communicate more through social media channels than any other platform. And trust us on this one, having good social media backing for your event is something you will want to do.

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Endless Events

APRIL 14, 2022

While the social media rushed to discuss who was at fault, the Brew Crew primarily wonders how could somebody simply run up the stage or make an unscripted joke. “The broadcast that you could see on social media was a bit too clean. “Those scripts had to be approved by a lot of people on the production team.”

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Endless Events

MARCH 10, 2020

And learn how to plan a successful virtual event that your attendees will never forget! What we found is that it really does us no good to source the speakers more than six months out because something will come up then they’re not able to do it. I would say it takes about two hours per speaker that you have.

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Endless Events

JULY 12, 2018

Using event apps and social media to measure engagement. Shortly, we’ll be looking at using apps, social media and surveys as tools to measure your attendee engagement as a more subjective means of how to measure event marketing success. After all, a successful event relies on attendees! Conducting surveys.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 17, 2021

Event planners, speakers and attendees all saw their calendars cleared out last March, returning slowly with virtual events and only now showing a glimmer of hope for the return of live conferences. Here are some ways you can make attendee experience a differentiator for your next event: Communication. The Best Speakers.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 6, 2025

Its about bringing all the moving parts together in a way that feels effortless to your attendees while ensuring nothing slips through the cracks behind the scenes. At its heart, its all about delivering a seamless experience that leaves attendees feeling engaged, valued, and eager to participate again.

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Endless Events

MAY 20, 2022

Buffets are outright unacceptable at COVID-compliant events, and there are many other ways to handle feeding your attendees, from meal boxes to sending your audience offsite to eat. Budget-friendly tip: You can save a lot by axing traditional catering altogether and letting your attendees go for lunch off the site. Conclusive Thoughts.

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Endless Events

MARCH 24, 2022

We’ve outlined 77 event KPIs and divided them into eight major groups: general and attendee event KPIs , financial event KPIs , marketing KPIs , audience engagement KPIs , presenter KPIs , sponsorship and tradeshow KPIs , event networking KPIs , community KPIs. Registration & Attendee KPIs. The average revenue per attendee.

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Traveler's Q

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In today’s digital age, social media has become the most powerful and influential tool for marketing and promoting events. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve deeper into social media marketing and provide valuable insights, practical tips, and proven strategies to effectively promote your event and maximize its exposure.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Your brand went through the time and expense to set up a unique event platform; Whether it’s a web-based platform or an app, you have tons of fun features, tools, and resources in the platform for your attendees. But when it’s time to host your event, attendees aren’t using the platform. What’s going on? Make App Downloads a Contest.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2022

While we’re excited to welcome back face-to-face events, we know that attendees and companies require flexibility. Will you need to access to basic attendee data, or will you need to create unique schedules for all attendees? Will you require attendees to log in to the app or virtual event? Social Media.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2018

We’ll discover: The reality of virtual speakers at events. Allow virtual speakers to take the stage. Are you planning an event and the perfect speaker can’t manage to get to your venue at the right time? Of course, we already do this by live-streaming to screens, but now we’re looking at virtual speakers with 3D visualization.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Here are my top tips for maximizing attendee engagement and delivering an event that offers real value for all participants. Are you producing your own video and audio content to stream or share with hybrid event attendees? Think carefully about how every attendee can be supported to get the most out of the event.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 1, 2022

Once your audience’s surprise and delight is captured, “help them share your message, reward them for posting on social media and make it easy for it to go viral,” says Dahlia. “No Instead, this interactive map provides a visual experience to see where all attendees are joining from. Pizza Mix Kit or Cocktail Mix Kit.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Who’s ready for some top-notch attendee strategies? At the end of the day, what matters most is how much your attendees enjoyed your event. Which is why, as event professionals, we want to focus on the best strategies to increase attendee engagement and interaction. Attendee Strategies: Why A Tribe? First-timers.

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Endless Events

APRIL 28, 2020

Focus on providing educationals yet engaging content with enough balance between words, text, video, and attendee engagement tricks. #2 Just because we live in the 21st century and technology is pretty much ubiquitous, that doesn’t mean every attendee is tech-savvy. 2 Overcomplicating. Who are your personas?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

For sure, there are a significant percentage of meeting attendees that can’t wait to participate in person; but organizers and planners found out during the first several months of 2022 that a sizable audience of previous attendees were more than happy to participate virtually. Continue to train staff on hybrid meeting planning.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

From missions and challenges to competitions, there are many ways to make your attendees feel truly immersed in the experience. Therefore, event gamification incentivizes your attendees to become active participants by adding game-like features to your event. Why Event Gamification? Gamification Ideas.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Patterns of consumption have indeed changed drastically when compared to a pre-social media world. In this particular case, we’re not talking about engagement between attendees, but rather the complex relationship between the talking heads and the audience. But when it came to events, things remained pretty much linear.

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Virtual Events Audience Speakers Social Media 339

Endless Events

MARCH 25, 2020

What will your brand and attendees get out of the experience? Do you just want a speaker talking to the audience? Do you want attendees to be able to go from a virtual room to another? At the end of the day, you still want to put on a show your attendees will remember for years to come. Find Speakers. 2 Months Out.

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Virtual Events Event Planning Speakers Events 340

Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 4, 2024

What do your attendees think about your event? What was the experience like for in-person versus virtual attendees at your hybrid event? In this post, we’ve compiled 51 must-ask event survey questions that you can paste directly into your post-event surveys to gain crucial insights into the attendee, sponsor, and employee experience.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Otherwise, it’s just a social event with no direction. That means it ends up being a money waster with no long-term benefits for your company or the attendees. Even in the age of social media and Skype, 84% of people still prefer in-person interactions. You can always follow up after networking event using social media.

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Networking Social Media Social Network Events 258

Endless Events

JUNE 24, 2020

Your speakers, your agenda, everything like that. So if you’re sending out updates about speakers and things going on, or even if someone signs up for your newsletter to stay tuned to what’s going on with your conference, put banner ads in the email. Social Media. Event Website. Simple, easy ideas. The Emails.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 17, 2019

Expert sessions can be spread far and wide, increasing not only the reach of your brand or a particular speaker, but of the information itself. Instead, focus on generating leads by recording specific speaker sessions, topics or other snippets of the event and gating that video content behind a lead generation form. Repurpose Footage.

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

The final step in the event management process is a follow-up meeting after the event to discuss the event’s overall ROI, attendee and sponsor feedback, and make the necessary readjustments to the overarching event strategy. To help out, here are a few ways to encourage attendees to provide their feedback: 1. Start planning.

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Eventtia

DECEMBER 30, 2022

While our focus on this guide is how to use social media to promote our events, we’ll also need to consider the other available channels and best practices. At the first glance it’s fairly obvious: get more attendees to register for our event, but we can be more specific. Valuable content to attract potential attendees.

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Endless Events

MAY 18, 2023

A recently published Freeman report highlights a significant shift in the demographics of B2B event attendees. With this new generation of younger, more diverse, and more educated attendees emerging, the event industry must adapt to meet their evolving needs and expectations. As an attendee, I would get more value from it.

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Endless Events

MAY 16, 2022

After all, the world-famous exercise equipment company has managed to grow a strong community through its content delivery, social media presence, and audience engagement. Peloton’s various instructors have strong personalities – as should event speakers. They claim that event planners should take note.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Big events with a high number of attendees might require up to a year to plan. Other important vendors that need to be booked well ahead of your event include your AV team, entertainment, and speakers. Do you want to promote your event through social media influencers and Instagram stories ? Keep your attendees informed.

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Endless Events

JUNE 15, 2022

This is great news for event marketers and planners who can plan experiential events – events that aim to evoke positive emotions in attendees and resonate with their values. After all, what makes an incredible event is not the stage and the logistics, but the atmosphere and the positive emotional state of the attendees.

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Endless Events

JULY 13, 2018

Have you ever considered attendee satisfaction as the primary focus for your events? Dig the Data for Attendee Growth. Driving attendee growth doesn’t mean coming up with gimmicks every time. This way, you gain a holistic view of your attendee growth patterns. Can You Protect Your Event Attendees? Click To Tweet.

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Techsytalk

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

According to one report , the social network giant has 500 million monthly users and 300 million daily active users as of June 2016. With these stats, it makes all the sense to use this powerful social media resource for getting word out about your next event. Create a Funny Meme. Photo credit: Frabz. Trendjacking.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2019

While you can follow trends in events, there’s nothing quite like getting information directly from the source—your attendees. Only attendees can provide you with real insight. You don’t have to guess what your attendees want—they’ll be more than happy to tell you. Social media allows for real time polling and Q&A.

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